Korean Songs

The traditional music of Korea encompasses the folk court music forms of the Korean natives. Essentially Buddhist and native shamanistic beliefs have maximum influence on the musical compositions of Korea. The music can be largely categorized into five primary types, being:

Court music
Folk music
Aristocratic music
Scholarly music
Religious music

The folk music of Korea is considered to be varied and complex in its forms. However, all the forms maintain a set of rhythms, which is commonly termed as Jangdan; along with a loosely distinct set of melodic modes.